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Ministry of Finance
First G20-Finance Ministers' and Central Bank Governors'  and the second Finance and Central Bank Deputies'  Meetings to begin in Bengaluru on Wednesday;
Union Ministers Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman and Shri Anurag Thakur to address sessions;
High-level security coordination meeting held in Bengaluru today.
The first G20 Finance Ministers' and Central Bank Governors  and the second Finance and Central Bank Deputies  Meetings will take place in Bengaluru from 22nd to 25th February, 2023.
Union Minister for Information & Broadcasting, Youth Affairs & Sports Shri Anurag Thakur will attend the inaugural session on the 22nd. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will deliver the Presidency address on the 25th. The four-day summit will have side-events on core themes the member countries put forward.Over five hundred delegates from 29 countries and 14 International organisations are expected to participate.
Meanwhile, a high-level security co-ordination meeting was held in Bengaluru today in connection with the G20 Presidency Working Group Meeting. The meeting chaired by Shri B. Dayananda, Director, State Intelligence, Karnataka, assessed different aspects of security arrangements for the upcoming event. Smt. Bhavna Saxena, Joint Secretary , G-20 Secretariat, New Delhi made a theme presentation. Shri Jitendra Raje, Director , Ministry of Finance virtually interacted. Senior officers from Bengaluru City Police, CISF and others attended.
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Prime Minister's Office
PM greets people on World Environment Day
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has greeted the people on World Environment Day.
“Greetings on World Environment Day. Together, let us ensure that our future generations live in a clean and green planet, in harmony with nature”, the Prime Minister said.
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
National Logistics Policy
The vision of the proposed policy is to drive economic growth and business competitiveness of the country through an integrated, seamless, efficient, reliable, green, sustainable and cost effective logistics network leveraging best in class technology, processes and skilled manpower.
Though, there is no official estimation of logistics cost for India, some private institutions have estimated the logistics cost to be 13 to 14 percent of the GDP. The proposed policy aims to reduce this to 9 -10 percent of the GDP.
In order to simplify documentation for exports and imports through digitization, Department of Revenue, CBIC have taken several initiatives like  SWIFT   Adoption of Digital Signature  24x7 Customs Clearance – for facilitated Bills of Entry and factory stuffed containers and goods exported under free Shipping Bills at select ports  Import Data Processing and Management System  – jointly launched with RBI to facilitate efficient data processing for payment of imports and effective monitoring  E-Sanchit  Two new IT Modules ICEDASH  and ATITHI app for electronic filing by passengers for baggage  PCS 1X which is a platform for port related processes developed by Indian Ports Association.
This information was given by the Minister of Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal, in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs
HOUSING PROJECTS
‘Land’ and ‘Colonization’ are state subjects. The data sought is not maintained centrally by Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.
In order to protect the interest of homebuyers and to ensure transparency and accountability in the Real Estate Sector, Parliament has enacted the Real Estate  Act, 2016 . Under the provisions of RERA, the Real Estate Regulatory Authority of the concerned State/Union Territory  is required to register and regulate real estate projects and real estate agents registered under RERA. Further, on lapse or revocation of the registration under RERA, the Regulatory Authority in consultation with the appropriate Government is empowered to take action for carrying out the remaining development works of the project by competent authority or by association of allottees.
Moreover, to give relief to homebuyers of stalled projects, Government has established a Special Window for Completion of Affordable and Mid-Income Housing  for funding stalled projects that are net-worth positive and registered under RERA, including those projects that have been declared as Non-Performing Assets  or are pending proceedings before the National Company Law Tribunal under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code. As on 17th March, 2023, under SWAMIH, 310 proposals aggregating to ₹31,145 Crores have been approved and this will benefit around 1,91,367 homebuyers and unlock projects worth ₹83,188 Crore.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Housing & Urban Affairs, Shri Kaushal Kishore, in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.
Competition Commission of India
CCI approves proposed merger between Peugeot S.A and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V.
The Competition Commission of India  approves proposed merger between Peugeot S.A and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. The proposed combination pertains to merger between Peugeot S.A.  and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. .
PSA is a publicly listed limited liability company incorporated in France. It is the holding company of a French-based group, which is mainly an original equipment manufacturer and dealer of motor vehicles, passenger cars as well as light commercial vehicles under the brands Peugeot, Citroën, Opel, Vauxhall and DS. It also provides ancillary services such as, financing solutions for the acquisition of motor vehicles and mobility services and solutions.
FCA is a public company with limited liability, headquartered in London and incorporated and organised under the laws of the Netherlands. It is a global automotive group engaged in designing, engineering, manufacturing, distributing and selling vehicles, components and production systems worldwide.
Detailed order of the CCI will follow.
Ministry of Power
Ministry of Power issues directions to NTPC and DVC to supply as much power as available to Delhi DISCOMs under respective PPAs
Also issues guidelines on 11.10.2021 regarding Utilisation of unallocated power of Central Generating Stations by the States
Keeping in view the Declared Capacity  offered to the Delhi DISCOMs in last 10 days, Ministry of power has issued instructions on 10.10.2021 to NTPC and DVC as under so as to secure power supply to Delhi. This will ensure that distribution companies of Delhi will get as much as power as requisitioned by them as per their demand.
The following directions have been given:
- NTPC and DVC may offer the normative declared capacity  to the Delhi DISCOMS as per their allocations made to them under respective PPAs, from their coal based power stations. Both NTPC and DVC have committed to provide as much electricity to Delhi as demanded by DISCOMs of Delhi.
- NTPC may offer the normative declared capacity  to the Delhi DISCOMS as per their allocations  made to them under respective PPAs. The gas available from all sources including SPOT, LT-RLNG etc may be included while offering the DC to Delhi DISCOMs.
In addition, guidelines have also been issued regarding utilisation of unallocated power, on 11.10.2021 to meet the increased demand from the coal based power generation. Under these guidelines, the States have been requested to use the unallocated power for supplying electricity to the consumers of the State; and in case of surplus power, the States are requested to intimate so that this power can be reallocated to other needy State. Further, if any State is found selling power in power exchange or not scheduling this unallocated power, their unallocated power may be temporarily reduced or withdrawn and reallocated to other States which are in need of such power.
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Dr. Jitendra Singh hands over 4900 Protective Kits prepared by Kendriya Bhandar for the use of medical and police personnel today
Union Minister of State  Development of North Eastern Region , MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, DrJitendra Singh applauded the selfless service of the medical fraternity and the police force and handed over 4900 protective kits put together by KendriyaBhandar, comprising of sanitizer, hand wash etc. for the use of medical and police personnel as a token gesture of appreciation for their work. The kits were handed over to the representatives of the Ministry of Health and Delhi Police today in a small event held at his residence. The norms of social distancing were observed during the event.
Later, talking to the media Dr. Jitendra Singh said that our country has been engaged in a war against the corona virus for the last several weeks. While most of the citizens have been home bound following the regulations imposed due to the countrywide lockdown, some personsviz, medical and police personnel , have been working beyond their normal call of duty in these difficult times. He also added that responding to the call of the Hon Prime Minister of India in the wake of the COVID 19 pandemic, Union Ministries of Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions and DoNER have been taking a series of measures after the declaration of the Lockdown.
KendriyaBhandar, a welfare project under the aegis of Department of Personnel and Training, has been serving the consumers with a regular and continuous supply of essential goods. Earlier, in the first week of this month, DrJitendra Singh handed over 2200 Essential kits of edible and household items prepared by KendriyaBhandar to DM  and SDM, Civil Lines, Central Delhi District for distribution to needy families.
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Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi speaks on telephone with H. E. Fumio Kishida, Prime Minister of Japan
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi spoke on telephone today with His Excellency Fumio Kishida, Prime Minister of Japan.
Prime Minister conveyed his congratulations and best wishes to H.E. Kishida for assuming charge as Prime Minister of Japan.
Both leaders expressed satisfaction at the rapid progress in the Special Strategic and Global Partnership between India and Japan, and agreed on the potential to further enhance cooperation in a variety of areas, including in high-technology and futuristic sectors. Prime Minister invited Japanese companies to benefit from India's economic reforms through greater investment.
The leaders also discussed the increasing alignment of perspectives, and robust cooperation, between India and Japan in the Indo-Pacific region. They reviewed the progress of cooperation under the Quad framework in this regard.
Prime Minister invited His Excellency Kishida to visit India at his earliest convenience for a bilateral Summit meeting.
Department of Space
PSLV-C45 successfully launches EMISAT and 28 customer satellites
India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle  today successfully launched EMISAT and 28 international customer satellites from Satish Dhawan Space Centre  SHAR in Sriharikota. This flight marked the first mission of PSLV-QL, a new variant of PSLV with four strap-on motors.
PSLV-C45 lifted off at 9:27 Hrs  from the Second Launch Pad and injected India’s EMISAT into a 748 km sun-synchronous polar orbit, 17 minutes and 12 seconds after liftoff. After separation, the two solar arrays of EMISAT were deployed automatically and the ISRO Telemetry Tracking and Command Network at Bengaluru assumed control of the satellite. In the coming days, the satellite will be brought to its final operational configuration.
Following the separation of EMISAT, the vehicle’s fourth stage engines were restarted twice to place the 28 international customer satellites precisely into a sun-synchronous orbit of 504 km height. The last customer satellite was placed into its designated orbit 1 hour and 55 minutes after lift-off.
About 3 hours after lift-off, the fourth stage  of the vehicle was moved to a lower circular orbit of 485 km after two restarts to establish it as an orbital platform for carrying out experiments with its three payloads.
EMISAT is a satellite built around ISRO’s Mini Satellite-2 bus weighing about 436 kg. The satellite is intended for electromagnetic spectrum measurement.
The 28 international customer satellites, together weighing about 220 kg, are from four countries, namely, Lithuania , Spain , Switzerland  and USA . These foreign satellites were launched as part of commercial arrangements.
The payloads carried by PS4 are Automatic Identification System from ISRO, Automatic Packet Repeating System from AMSAT, India and Advanced Retarding Potential Analyzer for ionospheric studies from Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology.
ISRO Chairman Dr K Sivan congratulated the launch vehicle and satellite teams involved in the mission.
“Today’s PSLV mission was unique in several ways. It was a four strap-on new variant, the vehicle achieved three different orbits and for the first the PS4 stage is powered by solar panels,” Dr Sivan said. He added that a new PSLV team executed today’s mission.
Dr Sivan also placed on record the significant involvement of the industry in this mission.
So far, PSLV has launched 46 national satellites, 10 satellites built by students from Indian Universities and 297 international customer satellites, including the satellites launched today.
In its next mission, PSLV-C46 will launch RISAT-2B in May 2019.
Ministry of Railways
Second Stage of CBT  for Non Technical Popular Category Exam was held on 09th & 10th May
Level 6 CBT was conducted in 156 centers in 111 cities across 25 states
Level 4 CBT was conducted in 89 centers in 56 cities across 17 states
Total 1,28,708 Candidates appeared out of 1,80,882 scheduled candidates
First Time Aadhar based authentication was done for the candidates
No Normalization needed due to RRB wise scheduling
Indian Railways conducted second stage Computer Based Test  of CEN 01/2019 Non Technical Popular Categories  recruitment on 09th & 10th May, 2022 for Level 6  and Level 4 . The total candidates scheduled were 1,80,882, out of which 1,28,708 candidates appeared for the CBT. For the first time, Aadhar based authentication was done for the candidates. The second phase CBT was conducted in three shifts, i.e. two shifts were held for level 6 on 09th May, and one shift was held for level 4 on 10th May.
The scheduling was done in such a way that the candidates of one RRB are given same question paper so that there is no need for normalization.
The Level 6 CBT was conducted in 156 centers in 111 cities across 25 states. The overall attendance for level 6 was about 74%.
The level 4 CBT was conducted in 89 centers in 56 cities across 17 states. Overall attendance was about 60.5%
Special trains were run by Indian Railways to facilitate movement of candidates.
Ministry of Electronics & IT
Shri Alkesh Kumar Sharma inaugurates Advanced Electronic Materials Laboratory at C-MET, Thrissur
Advanced Materials are critical in the development of electronic components and devices to meet the requirements of the society - Shri Alkesh Kumar Sharma
The Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology , Shri Alkesh Kumar Sharma IAS, has inaugurated the Advanced Electronics Materials Laboratory at the Centre for Materials for Electronics Technology , in Thrissur today.
Speaking on the occasion, he mentioned the importance of research and development to focus on the requirements of the society and government’s initiatives to boost electronic manufacturing in the country. Advanced materials are critical in developing electronic components and devices for futuristic applications. The new facility will help to enhance C-MET’s capabilities in translational research on electronic materials, components and devices for developing commercial ready products in line with the government’s Atmarnirbharata mission.
Centre for Materials for Electronics Technology  is an autonomous scientific society under Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India. One of the major thrust areas of C-MET, Thrissur is sensors and actuators. C-MET has established a Center of Excellence  in Intelligent IoT sensors along with IIITMK and industrial partners. The CoE is focused on the development of innovative products and solutions specifically tuned to cater the industry needs. The transfer of technology of “Multi channel data acquisition system for temperature sensors” to M/s Murata Business Engineering India Pvt. Ltd. is an example of the success of the CoE model where research institutes are working as per the requirements of the industry to deliver commercially viable products. C-MET has developed various IoT sensor based solutions and these indigenous technologies are expected to benefit the Indian industries to become self reliant in the global sensor market.
Smt. Sunita Verma, Group Coordinator MeitY, Shri Thachat Ragash Menon, General Manager, M/s Murata Business Engineering India Pvt. Ltd., Dr. B.B. Kale, DG, C-MET, Dr. N. Raghu, Director, C-MET, Thrissur and Dr. A. Seema, Senior Scientist, C-MET, Thrissur also spoke on the occasion.
Ministry of Electronics & IT
Digital India Corporation& Indian Council of Agricultural Research signs MoU to provide ‘Demand Based Tele Agriculture Advisories’ to farmers
In order to facilitate farmers by providing location specific ‘Demand Based Tele Agriculture Advisories’, the Indian Council of Agricultural Research , Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and Digital India Corporation , Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology have signed an MoU on June 9, 2021 at Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi.
The event was presided over by Dr.TrilochanMohapatra, Secretary  & Director General , Shri Sanjay Kumar Singh, Additional Secretary  & Secretary  and Shri Abhishek Singh, Managing Director & CEO, DIC.
Dr. A. K. Singh, Deputy Director General , ICAR, Dr. Vinay Thakur, Senior Director , DIC, Dr. Anil Rai, Assistant Director General , ICAR, Dr.Randhir Singh Poswal, Assistant Director General , ICAR, Dr. T S Anurag, Pr. Research Scientist, DIC and Shri AnshulPorwal, Pr. Software Developer, DIC were the other dignitaries present on the occasion.
The objective of the MoU is to integrate the existing Interactive Information Dissemination System  platform of DIC with the proposed KisanSarathi program of ICAR and its implementation through ICAR network to reach a large number of farmers across the country.
ICAR and DIC have agreed to collaborate to develop and deploy ICT platforms to establish and operate a multi-media, multi-way advisory and communication system for supporting various agricultural activities at local level. To start with, the Interactive Information Dissemination System  would be deployed at ICAR which is a push-and pull-based system wherein agriculture-related information can be pulled from the farmers using mobile phones. IIDS gives an option to farmers to receive individual needs-based information for only those services to which they have subscribed. The experts at the back end will have access to the farmers’ database while responding to their queries. In this manner, experts would be able to understand the problems raised by farmers or field problems in a better way  and expeditiously provide appropriate solutions to the farmer in a personalized manner. Currently the IIDS platform has been deployed in North Eastern states, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana which would be extended to all over the country with this MoU with ICAR.
The DIC will be providing the entire technical solution with support for development, hosting and managing the requisite ICT platform. The ICAR will be managing & monitoring the entire operations through their extension services network in the form of KrishiVigyanKendras , various domain specific research Institutes and network of agricultural universities etc., in a phased manner.
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Ministry of Corporate Affairs
CCI approves acquisition of certain stake of Lenskart Solutions Private Limited by Kedaara Capital Fund III LLP
The Competition Commission of India  has approved acquisition of certain stake of Lenskart Solutions Private Limited  by Kedaara Capital Fund III LLP .
The proposed combination relates the acquisition of approximately 1.74% of the issued share capital on a fully diluted basis of Lenskart Solutions Private Limited by Kedaara Capital Fund III LLP.
Acquirer is a private equity fund, registered with the Securities and Exchange Board of India as a Category II Alternative Investment Fund, and is engaged in the activity of investing in companies.
Target is a private limited company incorporated in India. In India, the Target undertakes the following businesses:  manufacture of eyewear products, including eyeglasses, sunglasses and eyewear accessories and sale  of such manufactured products etc.; and  wholesale trading of eyewear products.
Detailed order of the CCI will follow.
Prime Minister's Office
PM condoles the demise of His Grace The Most Rev. Dr. Philipose Mar Chrysostom Mar Thoma Valiya Metropolitan
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has condoled the demise of His Grace The Most Rev. Dr. Philipose Mar Chrysostom Mar Thoma Valiya Metropolitan.
In a tweet, the Prime Minister said:
“Saddened by the demise of His Grace The Most Rev. Dr. Philipose Mar Chrysostom Mar Thoma Valiya Metropolitan. He will be remembered for his rich theological knowledge and many efforts to remove human suffering. Condolences to the members of the Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church.”
Ministry of Steel
Green Hydrogen Method for Steel Production
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy  has proposed setting up of National Hydrogen Energy Mission with an aim to develop and scale up green hydrogen production technology, make it affordable and widely accessible. The steel sector has also been made a stakeholder in the Mission. Under this initiative, it has been proposed to set up pilot plants with part funding from Government to explore the feasibility of using green H2 in Direct Reduced Iron  production, by partly replacing natural gas with H2 in gas based DRI plants. Based on the success of the pilot projects, the gas based DRI units shall be encouraged for large scale adoption of the process.
Green H2 is produced through electrolysis of water using electricity produced from renewable energy. Green H2 is not commercially viable at present. However, with declining costs of renewable power generation and electrolysers, production of green hydrogen is likely to become cost competitive in future.
This information was given by the Union Minister for Steel Shri Ram Chandra Prasad Singh in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.
Prime Minister's Office
PM condoles the passing away of Sushant Singh Rajput
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has condoled the passing away of Sushant Singh Rajput.
"Sushant Singh Rajput...a bright young actor gone too soon. He excelled on TV and in films. His rise in the world of entertainment inspired many and he leaves behind several memorable performances. Shocked by his passing away. My thoughts are with his family and fans. Om Shanti", the Prime Minister said.